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African American Masculinity In The Wartime Diaries Of Two Vietnam Soldiers, Sharon D. Raynor Sep 2015

African American Masculinity In The Wartime Diaries Of Two Vietnam Soldiers, Sharon D. Raynor

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "African American Masculinity in the Wartime Diaries of Two Vietnam Soldiers" Sharon D. Raynor discusses an unpublished diary (1967-68) written by her father, Louis Raynor with the diary (1965-66) of David Parks that was revised and published as a memoir. By contextualizing the traditions of African American autographical writing and wartime diaries, Raynor analyzes how African American masculinity permeates the autobiographical structure in the Raynor and Parks diaries as each soldier interweaves a collective experience with a unique personal experience in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam experience challenged their ideologies about racial politics, but affirmed their masculine …


Africentric Resilience Training: A Prevention Program For African American Soldiers, Melissa Boudreau Jan 2015

Africentric Resilience Training: A Prevention Program For African American Soldiers, Melissa Boudreau

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The study develops a mental health prevention program for African American soldiers called, Africentric Resilience Training (ART). The goal of ART is to train soldiers to be psychologically fit, just as they train to be physically fit in the military. The ART curriculum aims to increase soldiers’ resilience and capacity to flourish, while educating them on the occurrence and prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. This program is founded on the principles and structure of the current Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) program in the Army (CSF2, 2012). ART is unique in its utilization of a culturally and racially modified …


Henry Ossian Flipper, John Green Sep 2008

Henry Ossian Flipper, John Green

Detroit Area Peace and Justice Groups

Image and text from tin about the life of Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American man to attend West Point.


Come And Join Us Brothers, John Green Sep 2008

Come And Join Us Brothers, John Green

Detroit Area Peace and Justice Groups

Image and text from tin about the recruitment of African American soldiers to fight in the American civil war.


Negroes In Michigan History, John Green Jan 1985

Negroes In Michigan History, John Green

Detroit Area Peace and Justice Groups

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